Martin Luther's Letters

English Resources:

Luther's Correspondence and Other Contemporary Letters Vol 1 By Martin Luther, Preserved Smith, Charles Michael Jacobs Published by Lutheran Publication Society, 1913

Luther's correspondence and other contemporary letters Vol 2 By Martin Luther, Preserved Smith, Charles Michael Jacobs Published by Lutheran Publication Society, 1918 Item notes: v. 2

The Life and Letters of Martin Luther (Preserved Smith)

"Smith included with Luther’s correspondence, such as letters of Humanists, of members of the Roman hierarchy, and of politically important figures, as well as contemporary reports on events with which Luther’s name was connected. On the other hand, and this is one of the shortcomings of the Smith edition, Luther’s letters seem to be lost among these additional documents, which frequently take more space than Luther’s own writings. In addition many of the documents are not translated but only very freely summarized, so that the reader is hardly able to recognize the underlying original" (LW 48:xiv).

The Letters of Martin Luther (Margaret Currie, editor), 1908.  alternate web page link. ("M. A. Currie, The Letters of Martin Luther (London, 1908); this is a selection of five hundred very freely and often inaccurately rendered letters; since the text offers almost no commentary, this edition is of little value to the study of Luther" Luther, M. (1999). Luther’s works, vol. 48: Letters I (J. J. Pelikan, H. C. Oswald, & H. T. Lehmann, Eds.). Fortress Press).

Luther's Letters to Women - Martin Luther, Karl Zimmermann, Georgiana Malcolm

Luther: Letters of Spiritual Counsel (Theodore G. Tappert, editor); PDF.

Walch (W2) A.I. Generated English Translation

Volume 21a: Dr. Luther's Letters (part one)

Volume 21b: Dr. Luther's Letters (part two)

Original Languages: 

John Aurifaber (earliest collection of Luther's letters)

Epistolarum Reverendi Patris Domini D. Martini Lutheri: Tomus Primus (1556 first edition)

Epistolarum Reverendi Patris Domini D. Martini Lutheri: Tomus Secundus

Johann Georg Walch

21 Dr. Martin Luthers Briefe

Sämtliche Schriften. Herausgegeben von Johann Georg Walch. Halle, 1740-1753 (W1) 21-1 Dr. Martin Luthers Briefe Teil 1 von 1507 bis 1532

 Dr. Martin Luthers Sämmtliche Schriften; St. Louis, 1880-1910 (W2) 21-2 Dr. Martin Luthers Briefe Teil 2 von 1533 bis 1546

Walch (W2) A.I. Generated English Translation

Volume 21a: Dr. Luther's Letters (part one)

Volume 21b: Dr. Luther's Letters (part two)

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